I was recently inspired to creat an NPC based on what I've seen so far from the trailers of Pirates of the Carribbean 2; an illithid captain nicknamed "Kraken". I've worked out the details of a surface-dwelling illithid by giving him a magic item something to the effect of the Lair Wards found in the Draconomicon. He can bassicaly cloud his ship in a huge storm and perpetual night. I've got his crew of miscreants work out. I've got all his posessions. All I need now is a ship. The chips in the PHB are about as helpfull as a kick in the crotch. My guess is that Stormwrack has something that could help me here. And this bassicaly brings me to the point of this post. Could someone dirrect me to a good website that would have ship ideas or better yet, an idea of what can be found in Stormwrack. Hopefully the former; the wallet is the natural prey of the College, and it is a very craft predator. I've heard that there's a book called Weapons and Arms(?) that has a bunch of ships in it. I would just like some opinions to help me creat a ship.

It has a description of sangers at sea and how to roll them, how to make professino (sailor) useful, a couple of prestige classes, and LOTS of boats. From itty bitty canoe type things to massive longships. Int includes a detailed diagram of a caravel, probably the most common type. It also has a list of what a typical crew is composed of, and the classes and skills they are likely to have. It is TOTALLY what you need.

It all depends on whether you're running a deeply nautical campaign. If the PCs are landlubbers, you could quite easily have them encounter the captain and crew on shore. Barring that, the depth you need to reach with your ship involves Ship Big. Profession(Sailor) make go fast. Fire Bad(for ship).

Thanks for the suggestions. As a matter of fact, I bought Stormwrack last night (Chapters is my crack, what can I say?) and it is EVERYthing I could possibly need. The seas are no longer a lifeless void. Not only that, but oceanic (or river, for that matter) travel is now so much more expansive. PHB barely tapped the surface.And since I'm hearing interested comments about my NPC, as soon as I finish him up, I'll post him on the board. Thanks for the feedback, people :)

Zack(watched Pirates of the Carribbean twice over while originaly making him lol)